After early lockdown, Norway sees faster pandemic recovery

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's economy will recover more quickly than expected from the coronavirus-induced recession as the country got on top of the outbreak early and is now rapidly opening up, Statistics Norway (SSB) said on Friday. Output contracted by 11.4% in the two months since the end of February but the outlook for the rest of the year now looks better than it did six weeks ago, SSB said.Among the first in Europe to close down society to combat the pandemic, Norway on March 12 shut..